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Originally Posted by pescifish
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Originally Posted by Socratoad
I mean, what the fucking hell is going on, millions upon millions of people i offices and ever diminishing numbers of people actually doing anything tangible. Its fucking insane ( a gross understatement.)
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In short why in the hell don't Americans, Canadians and many other countries actually product much anymore other then PR men and smoke and mirrors?
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Just a bit of an aside: it might be heartening to know that I am involved directly in producing something, an actual product I mean, on my job. However, I'm pretty sure it is the sort of very American product that only confirms your disheartened attitude toward our economies. |
Um....let me guess. You're involved in producing some of the world's finest missile guidance systems?
C'mon...this great nation still produces some of the world's best and most advanced armaments. And for WMD, we are unparalleled. That goes for explosive delivery systems, too. We're also very good at extracting natural resources, like timber and fossil fuels. Around these parts, a lot of precision castparts (usually for Defense contracts), silicon wafers and computer chips are manufactured. Petrochemicals are still leaving their toxic imprint on lots of American communities, including one of the world's largest sources of tainted food goods, U.S. agribusiness. But it is true that we are rapidly "outsourcing" many of our high value, high skill, jobs overseas to those who work for much, much less. Corporate goals are relatively unhindered by national boundaries these days...They go where the costs of production are lowest, while still being able to assure adequate quality to flog their goods in the markets where consumers have sufficient disposable income, no matter where.
What? You don't know how to change bedclothes or something?
godfry
(...and make sure you leave a little mint on each pillow in the rooms you freshen.)